Liberation Theology

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Liberation Theology
Basic Information
Aliases	LibTheology Liberatory Christianity
Alignment(s)	Leftist Unity  Culturally Left   Feminists   Religious   Socialists
Ideological Information
Influenced by:	Christian Theocracy (usually Catholicism Marxism Progressivism Mariateguism
Influenced	Catholic Workerism Christian Socialism Religious Feminism
Notable people	Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996) Uruguay Marco Bisceglia (1925-2001) Italy Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928-) Peru Andrea Gallo (1928-2013) Italy Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929-1966) Colombia James Hal Cone (1938-2018) United States Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) South Africa Leonardo Boff (1938-) Brazil Jon Sobrino (1938-) Spain José Antonio Viera-Gallo (1943-) Chile Frei Betto (1944-) Brazil Alejandro Solalinde (1945-) Mexico Fernando Lugo (1951-) Paraguay
Variations
School of Thought	Camilismo Bolivarianism Brezhnevism Castroism Christian Socialism Farabundismo Frontism Guevarism Illiberal Semi-Direct Democracy Left-Wing Populism Maoism (aesthetically) National Communism Pan-Americanism Revolutionary Nationalism Sandinismo Vanguardism
Character Information
Likes	Jesus Christ Indigenous People Progress Socialism
Dislikes	Oppression Benedict XVI Racism Caste System
Song	Comrade Jesus Christ Rojo y Negro

Liberation Theology is an ideology and form of Christian theology that is economically and culturally left-wing. It seeks to liberate all oppressed peoples, particularly the poor, but certain variations focus more on categories like race, gender, or caste. While it is most prevalent in Latin America, there are also significant liberation theology movements in The United States, South Africa, Namibia, India, South Korea, and Palestine, all of which have differences between each other.

History

Latin America

WIP

The United States

WIP

Africa

WIP

India

WIP

Palestine

WIP

South Korea

WIP

How to Draw

Flag of Liberation Theology

1. Draw a Ball.
2. Draw a Red line dividing the ball horizontally into two.
3. Fill the top half with Red, and the bottom half with Black.
4. Draw a large White cross in the middle of it's body.
5. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#ED1C24	237, 28, 36
	Black	#2E2E2E	46, 46, 46
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Relationships

Friends

• Christian Theocracy and Catholic Theocracy - The savior is our lord and guide.
• Christian Socialism - Christ shall liberate us from hunger and poverty.
• Religious Feminism - All people are equal under the lord.
• Progressivism - We must emancipate all from oppression.
• Christian Democracy - Based, even better than Christian Theocracy.
• Indigenism - Indigenous peoples must be liberated from oppression. You should be more accepting to the teachings of Christ though.
• Social Democracy - He wants to help the poor.

Frenemies

• Marxism - Your class analysis helped me understand how the world works, but why are you against religion?
• Marxism–Leninism - The ELN is based, but you're usually very hostile to religion.
• Native South-American Paganism - An unenlightened heathen, though religious syncretism could be very useful to make conversion easier.
• Neozapatismo - I admire your drive but you don't liberate your communities by burning churches.
• Integralism - SOCIALISM IS NOT ALWAYS AN ERROR, OK? Besides, you're often too willing to collaborate with authoritarians . Tradinistas, on the other hand, are fine.
  • - And you always side with the very same communists that burn churches and dig up nuns, my child, why does it feel to me you only justify your revolutionary positions with Christianity while disregarding the faith in your heart?
• Reactionary Socialism - Caring for the poor and protecting the faith is based, maintaining an outdated political and economical system isn't.

Enemies

• Caste System - Oppressive heathen!
• State Atheism - You don't understand that religion is a tool for liberation.
• Clerical Fascism and Positive Christianity - Oppressors who bastardize Christianity.
• Christian Right - You claim to love God, yet, you leave the poor and oppressed to suffer, while you enrich yourself.
• Imperialism - The people must be liberated from imperialism and colonialism.
• Neoliberalism - Stop exploiting the global poor for your own materialistic greed!
• Neoconservatism - Stop financing corrupt oppressive dictators and terrorist genocidal paramilitaries!
• Satanic Theocracy - Why?
• Ethnocacerism - I understand your anger, but returning to salvagism and barbarity isn't the right choice.
• Racial Nationalism - Christians must combat racism.
• Plutocracy - Oppressors who manipulate The Word of God into a religion of money & greed.
• Pinochetism - Fake Catholic who wants to take me on a 'helicopter ride'.
• Authoritarian Capitalism - Fujimori shall not come back!
• Reactionary Liberalism - Yes, I am a 'commie with a cross', problem?

Further Information

Literature

• A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutiérrez
• Risks of Faith: the Emergence of a Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone
• Introducing Liberation Theology by Leonardo and Clodovis Boff
• On the Side of the Poor: The Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutiérrez
• Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians by Miguel A. De La Torre

Wikipedia

• Liberation theology
  • Latin American liberation theology
  • Black theology
  • Dalit theology
  • Minjung theology
  • Palestinian liberation theology

People

• Frei Betto
• Leonardo Boff
• Gustavo Gutiérrez
• Oscar Guillermo Garretón

Online Communities

• r/RadicalChristianity
• r/ChristianSocialism